Harriet Harman cytaty

Harriet Ruth Harman – brytyjska prawniczka i polityk. Tymczasowa lider Partii Pracy i lider Opozycji Zjednoczonego Królestwa.

Urodziła się przy Harley Street. Jest córką psychiatry Johna Bishopa Harmana i prawniczki Anny Spicer, córki pilota RAF-u Malcolma Spicera. Wykształcenie odebrała w St Paul’s Girls' School oraz na Uniwersytecie w Yorku. Jest prawniczką z prestiżowym tytułem zawodowym radcy królowej . Zaczynała karierę reprezentując przed sądami jedną z organizacji pozarządowych zajmujących się obroną praw obywatelskich. W 1982 r. została wybrana do Izby Gmin w okręgu Peckham, a już dwa lata później stała się główną rzeczniczką parlamentarną Partii Pracy ds. ubezpieczeń społecznych, a następnie zdrowia. Od 1992 r. zasiadała w gabinecie cieni, gdzie najpierw była naczelnym sekretarzem skarbu, a potem ministrem zdrowia.

Po zwycięstwie wyborczym labourzystów w 1997 r. stanęła na czele resortu zabezpieczenia socjalnego. Znalazła się jednak pod ostrzałem krytyki ze strony części partyjnych kolegów i mediów, które uważały ją za przykład partyjnego aparatczyka wysłanego na wysokie stanowisko bez wystarczającego przygotowania. Ostatecznie straciła stanowisko w 1998 r. i znalazła poza partyjną elitą. Po wyborach w 2001 r. odbudowała nieco swoją pozycję i, jako pierwsza kobieta w historii, objęła urząd Radcy Generalnego Anglii i Walii.

Po kolejnych wyborach, w 2005 r., została ministrem stanu w departamencie spraw konstytucyjnych odpowiedzialnym za reformy konstytucyjne i procedurę sądową. W tym czasie uzyskała tytuł radcy królowej. 9 maja 2007 r. ministerstwo spraw konstytucyjnych zmieniło nazwę na ministerstwo sprawiedliwości, ale Harman pozostała na swoim dotychczasowym stanowisku.

Po ogłoszeniu przez Tony’ego Blaira zamiaru podania się do dymisji, co było sygnałem do zmiany warty na szczytach Partii Pracy, zapowiedziała ubieganie się o stanowisko wiceprzewodniczącego u boku Gordona Browna. Jej kontrkandydatami byli Hilary Benn, Hazel Blears, Jon Cruddas, Peter Hain i Alan Johnson. W pierwszych czterech turach głosowania zajmowała drugie miejsca, najpierw po Cruddasie, potem po Johnsonie. Ostatecznie jednak wygrała piątą turę głosowań niewielką przewagą nad Johnsonem . 24 czerwca Harman została oficjalnie wiceprzewodniczącym Partii Pracy.

28 czerwca otrzymała od nowego premiera dwa stanowiska rządowe: przewodniczącej Izby Gmin i lorda tajnej pieczęci. Harman była ponadto ministrem ds. równości i ministra ds. kobiet. Po ustąpieniu Browna z funkcji premiera i szefa partii 11 maja 2010 Harman została tymczasowym liderem Partii Pracy i liderem Opozycji, przestała pełnić te funkcje 25 września 2010.

Po wyborach w 2015 r., gdy Ed Miliband zrezygnował z funkcji lidera Partii Pracy i Lidera Opozycji, została ona pełniącą obowiązki lidera Partii Pracy i Lidera Opozycji.

Jej mężem jest Jack Dromey, obecny skarbnik Partii Pracy. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. Lipiec 1950
Harriet Harman: 23   Cytaty 0   Polubień

Harriet Harman: Cytaty po angielsku

“Yes I did when I was at university 30 years ago, just for a short time.”

On smoking cannabis http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6907040.stm, 20 July, 2007.

“Now, many of us in the Labour Party are conservationists - and we all love the red squirrel. But there is one ginger rodent which we never want to see again - Danny Alexander.”

At the Scottish Labour Conference http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-11658228, 30 October, 2010. Harman later apologised for the comment.

“This is a very crucial period and we have got five fantastic candidates. All of them would make excellent leaders of the Party.”

Comments regarding the Labour Leadership Election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10303473, 13 June 2010.

“Although it was a very close election, I don't think it was a polarised election. It was a tough fought contest but it was not a divisive contest. Although he won by a whisker I think the party will unite behind Ed Miliband.”

On the Labour Leadership Election result http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/2010/09/27/new-leader-ed-miliband-vows-to-unite-labour-as-party-face-elections-to-decide-who-sits-in-shadow-cabinet-86908-22590365/, September 27, 2010.

“Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership.”

On BBC Radio 4's Today programme http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6469293.stm, 20 March, 2007.

“If he votes against, that's the only principled position. If he abstains, it's a cop-out; if he votes for, it's a sell-out.”

On Nick Clegg and his vote to increase tuition fees http://www.postchronicle.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=234&num=335499, 30 November 2010.

“images of children should only be considered pornographic if it could be proven the subject suffered”

1978, according to 26 February 2014 article by The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/26/lobbying-paedophile-campaign-revealed-hewitt

“While the happy couple are enjoying the thrill of the rose garden, the in-laws are saying that they are just not right for each other. We keep telling them that they cannot pay couples to stay together, and it is clear that it will take more than a three-quid-a-week tax break to keep this marriage together.”

During the Queen's Speech Debate, on the newly formed Coalition Government and their policy to provide a tax break to married couples http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100525/debtext/100525-0002.htm#10052511000378, 25 May 2010.

“It wouldn't be possible because there aren't enough airports for all the men who'd want to flee the country.”

Regarding her possibility of becoming Prime Minister, during Prime Minister's Questions, August, 2008. Link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG64EwwmO90.

“I'm afraid you gave up the right to pontificate on social mobility when you abolished educational maintenance allowance [EMA], trebled tuition fees and betrayed a generation of young people.”

On Nick Clegg's social mobility pledges, during a debate in the House of Commons http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/05/nick-clegg-child-poverty-social-mobility, 5 April 2011.

“He is demanding of his colleagues, but he is demanding of himself because he wants to change things for the better.”

Comments regarding Gordon Brown, On BBC Radio 4's Today programme http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6469293.stm, 20 March, 2007.

“I don’t agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it’s a thoroughly bad thing to have men-only leadership.”

In a newspaper interview http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6736504.ece, 2 August, 2009.

“I am a very big admirer of Hillary's and I am an admirer of Obama as well.”

On Question Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etg5lm92Io8, 18 September, 2008.

“This reckless Tory Budget would not be possible without the Lib Dems. The Lib Dems denounced early cuts; now they are backing them. They denounced VAT increases; now they are voting for them. How could they support everything they fought against? How could they let down everyone who voted for them? How could they let the Tories so exploit them? Do they not see that they are just a fig leaf? The Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary is just the Chancellor's fig leaf. The Deputy Prime Minister is just the Prime Minister's fig leaf. The Lib Dems' leaders have sacrificed everything they ever stood for to ride in ministerial cars and to ride on the coat tails of the Tory Government. Twenty-two Liberal Democrat ministerial jobs have been bought at the cost of tens of thousands of other people's. The Liberal Democrats used to stand up for people's jobs, but now they only stand up for their own. Look at the Business Secretary, the right hon. Member for Twickenham. Mr Speaker, the House has noticed his remarkable transformation in the past few weeks from national treasure to Treasury poodle.”

They have no mandate for this Budget; this Budget has no legitimacy. Even if the Lib Dems will not speak up for jobs, we will. Even if they will not fight for fairness, we will, and even if they will not protest against Tory broken promises, we will.
Reaction to the Coalition's budget http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100622/debtext/100622-0007.htm#10062245000003, 22 June, 2010. Link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m6VJSaFB_E&feature=related

“The Chancellor has delivered his first budget but it's the same old Tories; hitting hardest at those who can least afford it and breaking their promises. This is true to form for the Tories, but it includes things that the Liberal Democrats have always fought against. Surely they cannot vote for this.”

Reaction to the Coalition's budget http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100622/debtext/100622-0007.htm#10062245000003, 22 June, 2010. Link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vdzUJMcDpA&feature=related

“I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality.”

In an interview following her election as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2843875.ece, 10 November 2007.

“For many young people, social mobility now means a bus down to the job centre.”

On Nick Clegg's social mobility pledges, during a debate in the House of Commons http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/05/nick-clegg-child-poverty-social-mobility, 5 April 2011.

“The Labour Party is the sister Party for the Democrats and their progressive views are the ones that we are most aligned with.”

On Question Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etg5lm92Io8, 18 September, 2008.

“Next he will be foxtrotting down to the Tory party's fundraising ball, auctioning City internships for the children of the highest bidder. Is that not the Government's idea of social mobility?”

On Nick Clegg's social mobility pledges, during a debate in the House of Commons http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8441262/Harriet-Harman-facing-questions-over-sons-internship.html, 11 April 2011.

“Hague: I'd like to congratulate the Leader of the House on being the first female Labour member ever to answer Prime Minister's Questions. She must be proud, three decades on, to be following in the footsteps of Margaret Thatcher, who we on this side of the House and the Prime Minister so admire.
Harman: Well I thank him for his congratulations but I would ask him, why is he asking the questions today? Because he is not the Shadow Leader of the House - the Shadow Leader of the House is sitting next to him! Is this the situation in the modern Conservative Party; that women should be seen but not heard? And if I may, perhaps I could offer the Shadow Leader of the House a bit of sisterly advice: she should not let him get away with it!
Hague: Turning to domestic issues, I was going to be nice to the Rt. Hon. Lady - she has had a difficult week and she had to explain yesterday that she dresses in accordance with wherever she goes; she wears a helmet to a building site; wears Indian clothes to Indian parts of her constituency; presumably, when she goes to a Cabinet meeting, she dresses as a clown.
Harman: Well I would just start by saying that if I'm looking for advice on what to wear and what not to wear, the very last man I would look to for advice would be the man in the baseball cap!”

During Prime Minister's Questions, 2 April 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AsiKI7uCog&feature=related, with Deputy Conservative Party Leader, William Hague

“Although he is disappointed, I know he will step forward and play a really important part in Labour’s future.”

On David Miliband's narrow defeat to become Leader of the Labour Party http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/09/27/david-miliband-will-not-quit-his-seat-in-south-shields-61634-27347209/, September 27, 2010.

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